Who Am I?
Welcome to my website! If you haven't figured it out already, my name is Alan Beam. I am a 25 year old web developer living and working in Plano, Texas. I grew up in North Richland Hills (a suburb of Fort Worth), moved to Austin in 2002 for college, then made my way back up to the metroplex in the summer of 2008. I love the state of Texas and have absolutely no plans of living anywhere outside of this great state.
Genband has been gracious enough to employ me to support its internal systems. I am also working on building new applications and web tools to make workflow more efficient and to automate tasks. While I don't actively seek web development work outside of Genband, I'll almost never turn it away if it comes to me. One of my favorite hobbies is working on websites for me, my family, my friends - heck, anyone that will let me! Shoot me an email if you are interested in my web development services.
I am actively involved in launching Connection Point Church, led by Pastor Joel Halpin. The people there are incredibly amiable and the ministry opportunities are endless. I'm looking forward to ways God can use me at this church over the next few years.
Being a husband is a new thing for me and I am loving every moment of it. ginni and I got married on June 20, 2009 and had an absolutely perfect wedding. We are still reeling from the rush of getting married, going on the honeymoon, and getting our apartment all set up with the many wonderful gifts we received. I have been called a "sap" more times than I can count, so don't mind me as I brag about how in love I am with the most wonderful woman in the world. I hope you enjoy this sampling of pictures from the wedding:
If you are going to get to know me at all, you have to know that I am a huge fan of all things Texas Longhorns. I was fortunate enough to get tickets to the Rose Bowl in 2006 where I witnessed the Longhorns win the National Championship. I go to as many football games as I possibly can and even made a website lobbying for Colt McCoy to win the Heisman Trophy. Hookem Horns!
Six Twenty
I recently started a web development blog with the purpose of posting solutions to problems I encounter at work and when developing websites. I hate it when the answer to my specific problem lies in the cached results of a search query that took me way too long to get just right. I use this blog to try to get those solutions online in a much more convenient format. Let me know what you think of it - and bonus points if you can figure out why I named it Six Twenty!
Personal Blog
My friends and family are apparently not big fans of the new website if it doesn't have a blog on it, so I added one. You can check it out if you are truly interested.
Also, if you are looking for some of my old blog entries, I am in the process of archiving them. They will be available soon.
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